Mel,
You make chain maille...wow!
Chain maille is GREAT!
You may have heard of Capt. Frederick Benteen, one of Custer's officers at the Little Bighorn.
His family was from Missouri and were Southern sympathizers during the Civil War.
When the war broke out young Benteen accepted a Lieutenancy in the Union cavalry.
His father disinherited him and prayed aloud that a relative loyal to the South
would kill him.
The elder Benteen allegedly remarked, "I hope the first God damned bullet gets you!"
Can you imagine being told that by your own father?